Test 20 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up

you peeked and saw big brother's text "love u xx" to someone and he says "tell anyone and I'll kill u". what's it really about?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he, I · What happens: peek, see, say, tell, kill, be · To what, where: text, anyone, u · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 peeked	nsubj
2	peeked	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 saw	cc
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 peeked	conj
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 text	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 brother	case
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 xx	punct
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 xx	compound
11	u	u	X	_	12 xx	compound
12	xx	xx	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 peeked	parataxis
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 xx	punct
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 peeked	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 says	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 says	nsubj
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 peeked	conj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
20	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 says	ccomp
21	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 tell	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 kill	cc
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 kill	nsubj
24	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 kill	aux
25	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 tell	conj
26	u	u	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 kill	obj
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 peeked	punct
29	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 peeked	parataxis
30	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 it	cop
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 what	nsubj
32	really	really	ADV	_	33 about	advmod
33	about	about	ADV	_	29 what	advmod
34	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 peeked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	peek	past	you			to someone	tree rules
2	see	past	you not said here	big brother's text			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer text=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
5	kill in a quote	future	I	u			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent u=Theme
6	is a	present		u			tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He's in danger, call the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 danger	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 danger	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 danger	case
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 danger	punct
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			danger			tree rules
2	call speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the police					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 2

He'll really hurt you, so run away from home tonight before he does

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 hurt	advmod
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 run	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 run	advmod
8	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 run	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 away	obl
12	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	obl:unmarked
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 does	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 does	nsubj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	future	He	you			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
2	run away	infinitive	He not said here		tonight	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	present	he				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A private crush he wants kept; it's not a real threat, just keep out of it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 crush	det
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 crush	amod
3	crush	crush	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 threat	nsubj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 crush	acl:relcl
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wants	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 crush	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 threat	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 threat	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 threat	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 threat	det
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 threat	amod
13	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 keep	punct
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 keep	advmod
16	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 threat	parataxis
17	out	out	ADP	_	19 it	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	he	a private crush not said here	tree rules
2	keep not said to happen	participle	a private crush not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	present	a private crush	a real threat	tree rules
4	keep out	infinitive		crush	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He's sending love to you, say thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sending	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sending	aux
3	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sending	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 sending	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sending	conj
9	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · progressive	He	love	you				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent love=Theme to you=Destination
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	He not said here	thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic

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